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Ecologia

Year: 2017 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 12-19
DOI: 10.3923/ecologia.2017.12.19
FPOM Feeding Mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Insecta) from South India: Life History and Secondary Production
Chellapandian Balachandran , Sankarappan Anbalagan and Sundaram Dinakaran

Abstract: Objective: We analyzed the lifecycle pattern and secondary production of FPOM feeding three dominant mayfly species from a tropical stream of Southern Eastern Ghats, India. Methodology: Month-wise sampling for a period of a year was done. The collected specimen were stored and reared. The size frequency and cohort production methods were used for analyzing life histories and secondary production. Results: The present study showed that C. alagarensis and L. silambarensis had asynchronous nymphal development with a continuous emergence in a year while, C. grimiensis had asynchronous pattern but mass emergence with two seasons. The cohort P/B ratio was analyzed for measuring secondary production. Conclusion: These findings address the need for more quantitative accounts of population dynamics (life cycle patterns, fecundity, development rates, production and P/B) of aquatic insect species in streams across environmental gradients.

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Chellapandian Balachandran, Sankarappan Anbalagan and Sundaram Dinakaran, 2017. FPOM Feeding Mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Insecta) from South India: Life History and Secondary Production. Ecologia, 7: 12-19.

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